Taric vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Taric
based on 1,412 Taric vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Taric vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Taric vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Taric
Tips for Playing as Taric against Swain
The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.
Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.
Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.
Advice to Win Against Swain
Buying an item with Grievous Wounds will make Swain much easier to kill during his Demonic Ascension.
Swain's passive is very potent if you are immobilized. Make sure to be extra careful around enemies who have immobilizing effects.
High mobility counters all of Swain's basic abilities: Death's Hand does more damage the closer he is, Vision of Empire has a very long delay and Nevermove must start returning back to him to be dangerous.
Taric vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Taric in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some critical Taric versus Swain matchup statistics that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Taric’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Swain’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Taric may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Swain..
Taric normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Swain. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Taric and Swain
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Who is Better, Taric or Swain?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Taric usually loses when playing against Swain, with a 48.3% win rate. Therefore, Taric makes a bad counter for Swain.
While Taric does have a lower win rate than Swain, when they face off with one another, Taric also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Taric into Swain.
Furthermore, Taric has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Swain. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Taric vs Swain matchups, Swain is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Taric is a somewhat poor counter for Swain. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Taric against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Taric in order to counter Swain during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Taric often racks up less CS relative to Swain. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Taric versus Swain build consist of Frozen Heart, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Celestial Opposition. When Taric included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Swain than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Taric boasted an average winrate of 48.3% battling Swain with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Swain as Taric, you should take the Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Taric vs Swain counters, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.3% winrate overall.
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